To:THEODORE ROTHSTEIN

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      Sent to London.

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15/VII. 1920

DearComrade,

Manythanks for the letters, which always contain
extremely valuable information. I enclose a letter from my
wife and ask you to give my regards to your wife and
family, whom I met at your home in London.

Aboutyour journey to Russia, I am in two minds. You
are so very important for the work in London. Let them
deport you: we shall see if they dare to do so. They would
have to catch you on something, otherwise there will be a row.
I am not against your coming “to take a look” at Russia,
but I am afraid that to quit Britain is harmful for the work.

Asto the delegation, we shall discuss this in all aspects
in a day or so. The same with the reply to
Curzon,[2]who,
in my opinion, wants to grossly deceive us. He won’t
succeed.

Aboutsending you literature, I have taken special
measures. You should know that a Russian has to be sworn
at 20 times and verified 30 times to have the simplest thing
done properly. Keep an eye on it and write more often (even
sometimes to me)—then I shall push things on so that you
get the missing publications more regularly.

Ithink that your guiding participation (it is possible
by the pen and secretly) in the Anglo-Saxon movement
is especially valuable. Here it is highly important to
straighten out the line. You will receive my pamphlet
against the
“Leftists”[1]and resolutions (drafts) for the
Second Congress of the Third International, and I should
very much like to know your opinion.

Allthe very best,Yours,Lenin

[1]Thisrefers to Lenin’s“Left-Wing” Communism—an Infantile
Disorder(see present edition. Vol. 31, pp. 17–118).—Ed.

[2]Thisrefers to the reply to Lord Curzon’s Note of July 11, 1920,
which was discussed at a plenary meeting of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)
on July 16, 1920. The reply was published inIzvestiaNo. 157,
July 18, 1920.